As a member of Vital Distraction, Aguirre has worked on such films as Flight of the Phoenix, xXx: State of the Union, Eragon, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. He also worked on Mission: Impossible III, which, like Star Trek, was directed by J.J. Abrams and released by Paramount Pictures.

Aguirre led the pre-visualization team on the feature film remakes of Get Smart (featuring The Rock) and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Both are due for theatrical release in 2008.